K91.0
K91.0: Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K91.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K91.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2 inherited from the categories above K91.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on K91: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified
Other codes that can never be billed with K91.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R11Nausea and vomiting
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K91.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Vomiting›following gastrointestinal surgery
- Vomiting›bilious›following gastro-intestinal surgery
- Complication›gastrointestinal›postoperative›vomiting after GI surgery
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under K91
- K91.1Postgastric surgery syndromes
- K91.2Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified
- K91.3Postprocedural intestinal obstruction
- K91.5Postcholecystectomy syndrome
- K91.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure
- K91.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure
- K91.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system